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ArticleCureus2025

A Perilous Plunge: A Unique Case of Rectal Foreign Body.

Shehzadi Rimsha, Danish Aslam, Subas Ali, Shehanshah Muhammed Arqam, Ayesha Kausar

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shehzadi RimshaGeneral Surgery, Sindh Government Hospital New Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
Danish AslamGeneral Surgery, Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
Subas AliGeneral Surgery, Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
Shehanshah Muhammed ArqamGeneral Surgery, Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
Ayesha KausarGeneral Surgery, Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, PAK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rectal foreign bodies (RFBs) are foreign bodies in the rectum that pose a challenge to the surgeons in the emergency department. We report a case of an RFB; the patient was a 30-year-old man who put a glass bottle into his rectum on his own. The 10-cm bottle was successfully retrieved through the transanal approach without complication. The patient had no sign of injury or bleeding after the procedure. The patient was stable and was discharged with counseling to avoid such conduct. An effective approach for extraction is to have a structured protocol encompassing prompt diagnosis, extraction techniques, and post-removal assessment. In addition, there is a psychological aspect to RFBs that requires counseling and patient education.

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dangerous sexual practicesgeneral surgery and colorectal surgeryperianal surgeryrisky sexual behaviorsunusual rectal foreign objects

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PMID40092013
PMCPMC11908653

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